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Scarlet and Gray Newsletter
January 4th to 8th, 2016
Volume 19, Issue 18
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Monday
We did our ’q’ page of our ‘Big and Little’ book. We
greeted classmates, said the pledge and our class
promise and did calendar. We sang our ‘Days of the
Week’ song and ‘Macarena Months’. We subitized
numbers to 10 in random arrays, read our popcorn
words and did our ABC charts’. We reviewed habits of
thinkers. We used interactive writing to write a
sentence about our kindergartner of the week. We
learned about the main idea or plot of a story. We
read Plot Chickens. We learned our new popcorn
word ‘my’ and did rainbow writing of it. We read I
Really Like Slop!, the latest Elephant and Piggie book
by Mo Willems. We were introduced to our poem of
the week ‘Chubby Little Snowman’. We wrote about
our winter break. We graphed whether we stayed up
until midnight on New Year’s Eve. We saw how some
other cultures celebrate New Year’s. We did literacy
workshop stations. We read a chapter in 26 Fairmount
Avenue. We discovered our mystery number. We
practiced correctly writing the numerals 0-5.
Wednesday
We did the ‘s’ page of our ‘Big and Little’ Book.
We then greeted one another, said the pledge
and our class promise and did calendar. We
counted to 100 by fives and tens and read our
popcorn words. We reviewed the six habits of
thinkers. We did ‘Action Alphabet’. We wrote a
sentence about our kindergartner of the week
using interactive writing. We read Whistle for Willie
by Ezra Jack Keats. We practiced identifying the
beginning, middle and end of two pictures stories.
We learned the difference between summarizing
a story (small) and a retelling (everything). We did
a dictation sentence in the commons. We
sequenced the lines of our poem. We did literacy
workshop. We read a chapter in 26 Fairmount
Avenue. We found our mystery number and
played Grab and Count in math.
Tuesday
We did our ‘r’ page of our ‘Big and Little’ book. We then
greeted our friends. We said the pledge and our class
promise and did calendar. We did our ABC charts with
digraphs (ch, sh, th). We counted to 100 by ones and read
our popcorn words. We reviewed the habits of thinkers. Our
PM kindergartner of the week brought in his poster and a
science image for us to write about and we wrote a sentence
about him using interactive writing. We did speedwriting of
our popcorn word. We read Cat’s Fairy Tale about having a
beginning, middle and end to a story then we made a plan
for a story that we will write with a beginning, middle and
end. We read The Snowy Day by our January author, Ezra
Jack Keats. We did a January Writing Sample. We did
literacy workshop. We read My First Biography – Harriet
Tubman and we watched an animated video about her life.
We read a chapter in 26 Fairmount Avenue. We figured out
our mystery number. We practiced correctly writing the
numerals 6-10.
Thursday
We did our ‘t’ page of our ‘Big and Little’ book. We then greeted classmates. We said the pledge and our class promise and did calendar. We counted backwards from 20, subitized ten frames and read our popcorn words. We reviewed the habits of thinkers. We read Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats. We practiced summarizing and retelling it. We sequenced the beginning, middle and end of two more picture stories. The AM class had library. The PM class had recess. We read, highlighted the popcorn word in and illustrated our poem. We did literacy workshop. We finished our chapter book, 26 Fairmount Avenue. We found our mystery number. Friday
We played ‘roll and count’ in math. We greeted classmates. We said the pledge and our class
promise and did calendar. We counted on from various numbers and read our popcorn words.
We reviewed the six habits of thinkers. We had Family Friday. We highlighted popcorn words in
and read ‘My Family’. We read Duke Ellington. We practiced writing our first and last names
in D’Nealian. We did literacy workshop. The PM class had library. We read The Little Plant
Doctor- A Story About George Washington Carver.
Contact Info:
Voicemail:
760-6298
E-MAIL:
letostak_vianne@
dublinschools.net
Dear Parents,
Please see that half sheet your child brought home today
explaining the homework for this weekend.
If you have any empty tissue boxes or Pringles-type cans, we
could use them for an upcoming project.
If you are interested in the latest information on redistricting for
the 2016-17 school year, it is available at this site:
http://www.dublinschools.net/k8redistricting2015.aspx
Upcoming Dates:
January 11th to 22nd – Country/Culture Presentations
REMINDERS:
January 13th – Parent’s Night – neon green RSVP’s went home today
MONDAY:
January 15th + 18th – No School – Professional Development Day and
Martin Luther King Day
Homework Due
A DAY: Library Books
Due
FRIDAY:
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Wear Tennis
shoes for
Fitness
Book Pockets
Due
(beginning in
November)
PLEASE REMEMBER
TO STORE LIBRARY
BOOKS AND BOOK
POCKETS IN
BOOKBAGS TO
PREVENT LOSS OR
DAMAGE.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.dublinschools.
net/oldesawmill
February 5th- 100th Day of Kindergarten (barring snow days)
February 10th – Father’s Night #2 –Note date change- due to a Cub
Scout function
February 15th – No School – President’s Day
February 17th to 25th – Round #2 Newsminutes
Thanks to our volunteers this week: Mr. Griffith, Mrs. Gilliam, Mrs. Raza,
Mrs. Smialek, Mrs. Crosby and Mr. Abdi.
Have a great weekend!
Vianne